Puffer Genealogy

WILDER, Lucy[1]

Female 1793 - 1846  (53 years)


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  • Name WILDER, Lucy 
    Birth 6 Feb 1793  Lancaster, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
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    Death 8 May 1846  Lancaster, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: by suicide 
    Person ID I19898  Puffers
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 

    Father WILDER, Maj. Gardner,   b. 22 Mar 1738, Lancaster, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Nov 1809, Lancaster, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Mother CLAPP, Catherine,   b. 6 Sep 1753, Sudbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Sep 1845, Lancaster, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years) 
    Family ID F9650  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family COGGSWELL, Charles,   b. 1791, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jun 1838, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years) 
    Family ID F7818  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2024 

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  • Notes 
    • There is some confusion as to a 2nd marriage for Lucy. The Puffer Genealogy book doesn't show a marriage to Otis Stearns. It shows that she did marry a Coggswell with no children (Page 60).  No other marriages are shown for her.

      Another Lucy Wilder born 6 Feb 1792, to Joel and Lucy Wilder makes it all the more confusing.

      The case for her marriage to Otis Strearns isn't great.  And with another Lucy in the area with the same date minus the year, it is probably not this Lucy that married Otis Stearns.  Plus Lucy Wilder and Otis Stearns have a son named Joel Wilder Stearns, so that, to me, is pretty compelling it's this Lucy who is the wife of Otis Stearns.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 59.